| First Author | Tsuruga T | Year | 2002 |
| Journal | Gene | Volume | 290 |
| Issue | 1-2 | Pages | 125-30 |
| PubMed ID | 12062807 | Mgi Jnum | J:74831 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:2181488 | Doi | 10.1016/s0378-1119(02)00563-2 |
| Citation | Tsuruga T, et al. (2002) Ocular development-associated gene (ODAG), a novel gene highly expressed in ocular development. Gene 290(1-2):125-30 |
| abstractText | Complementary DNA (cDNA) arrays were used to detect highly expressed messenger RNA (mRNA) at postnatal day 2 (P2) and P10 in the mouse eye, and several clones highly expressed at P2 were isolated. We focused among them on a novel gene, the ocular development-associated gene (ODAG), which was down regulated at P10. The expression around birth was subsequently confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Mouse ODAG cDNA encodes a protein of 266 amino acids. Human ODAG cDNA and genomic structure were identified by basic local alignment search tool analysis of the GenBank database with mouse ODAG. Mouse ODAG-specific mRNA expression was detected in various mouse tissues within the eye at P2 and P7, whereas it was not detected anywhere at P14, suggesting that ODAG may play a role in eye development. |
